Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley
Focusing on the significance of place, connection and relationship in three poets who are seldom considered in conjunction, Rory Waterman argues that Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley epitomize many of the emotional and societal shifts and mores of their age. Waterman looks at the foundations underpinning their poetry; the attempts of all three to forge a sense of belonging with or separateness from their readers; the poets’ varying responses to their geographical and cultural origins; the belonging and estrangement that inheres in relationships, including marriage; the forced estrangements of war; the antagonism between social belonging and a need for isolation; and, finally, the charged issues of faith and mortality in an increasingly secularized country.
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Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley
Focusing on the significance of place, connection and relationship in three poets who are seldom considered in conjunction, Rory Waterman argues that Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley epitomize many of the emotional and societal shifts and mores of their age. Waterman looks at the foundations underpinning their poetry; the attempts of all three to forge a sense of belonging with or separateness from their readers; the poets’ varying responses to their geographical and cultural origins; the belonging and estrangement that inheres in relationships, including marriage; the forced estrangements of war; the antagonism between social belonging and a need for isolation; and, finally, the charged issues of faith and mortality in an increasingly secularized country.
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Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley

Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley

by Rory Waterman
Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley

Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley

by Rory Waterman

Overview

Focusing on the significance of place, connection and relationship in three poets who are seldom considered in conjunction, Rory Waterman argues that Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley epitomize many of the emotional and societal shifts and mores of their age. Waterman looks at the foundations underpinning their poetry; the attempts of all three to forge a sense of belonging with or separateness from their readers; the poets’ varying responses to their geographical and cultural origins; the belonging and estrangement that inheres in relationships, including marriage; the forced estrangements of war; the antagonism between social belonging and a need for isolation; and, finally, the charged issues of faith and mortality in an increasingly secularized country.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472408952
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 02/28/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Rory Waterman is Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 Provincial and Universal: Traditions and the Poet-Reader Relationship, 2 Home, Leaving and Finding One’s Proper Ground, 3 Kissing with the Eyes Closed: Love and Marriage, 4 Between the Wars, 5 Searching for the Best Society, 6 Awkward Reverence: Faith and Mortality, Bibliography, Index
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